Compound
5-amino-2-oxopentanoate
Zwitterionic form of 5-amino-2-oxopentanoic acid.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:58802), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
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- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C5H9NO3
- Mass
- 131.131 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- BWHGMFYTDQEALD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- [NH3+]CCCC(=O)C(=O)[O-]
- Look it up
- ChEBIPubChemBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
1 entity
1 entities reached.
0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
3 statements
3 statements · 2 reference databases · Subject: 5-amino-2-oxopentanoate · Sources: Human-GEM, Rhea
- D-ornithine is converted to 5-amino-2-oxopentanoateCompoundHuman-GEM MAR08690Inferred only
- 5-amino-2-oxopentanoate is a substrate of AGXT2ProteinRhea RHEA:77327Inferred only
- 5-amino-2-oxopentanoate is a substrate of AGXT2ProteinRhea RHEA:77331Inferred only
Reactions
8 reactions
D-ornithine+FAD+water5-amino-2-oxopentanoate+FADH2+proton+ammonium
Catalysed by DAO
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 1.4.3.3GO:0005777
Human-GEM MAR08690CC BY 4.0Reference data
Reaction pageReversibleBalance undeterminableGO:0005615
Human-GEM MAR11978CC BY 4.0Reference data
5-amino-2-oxopentanoate5-amino-2-oxopentanoate
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedGO:0005829, GO:0005615
Human-GEM MAR11979CC BY 4.0Reference data
5-amino-2-oxopentanoate5-amino-2-oxopentanoate
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedGO:0005777, GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR11980CC BY 4.0Reference data
L-ornithine+dioxygen+water5-amino-2-oxopentanoate+hydrogen peroxide+ammonium
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:61276CC BY 4.0Reference data
L-ornithine+pyruvate5-amino-2-oxopentanoate+L-alanine
Catalysed by AGXT2
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:77327CC BY 4.0Reference data
L-ornithine+glyoxylate5-amino-2-oxopentanoate+glycine
Catalysed by AGXT2
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:77331CC BY 4.0Reference data
D-ornithine+dioxygen+water5-amino-2-oxopentanoate+hydrogen peroxide+ammonium
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:78255CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: 5-amino-2-oxopentanoate
- Also called
- 5-ammonio-2-oxopentanoate
- Systematic name
- 5-azaniumyl-2-oxopentanoate